Embracing the Opportunity for Sustainable Urban Development in China
Embracing the Opportunity for Sustainable Urban Development in China
  Juan Carlos Munoz, professor of  transport engineering and logistics at Pontificia Universidad Católica in Chile, is the director of the Across Latitudes and Cultures Center of Excellence for Bus Rapid Transit. The Center was implemented in Chile and financed by the ...
Q&A with Marco Priego: Road Safety in Mexico
Q&A with Marco Priego: Road Safety in Mexico
Early last month, The Economist published an article on the relationship between road safety in Mexico and lack of discipline in driver training and testing programs. The article makes the argument that without a universal testing scheme, Mexico will not ...
Top Blog 2011: TheCityFix Brasil Among Top 30 Finalists!
Top Blog 2011: TheCityFix Brasil Among Top 30 Finalists!
It is our pleasure to announce that TheCityFix Brasil, produced by EMBARQ Brasil, is among the top 30 finalists in the sustainability category of Brazil’s Top Blog Award, one of the most prestigious blog competitions in the country. TheCityFix Brasil blog launched only six months ...
Research Recap, November 8: Global Oil Demand, Cost of Crashes, Predicting Walkability
Research Recap, November 8: Global Oil Demand, Cost of Crashes, Predicting Walkability
Welcome to “Research Recap,” our series highlighting recent reports, studies and other findings in sustainable transportation policy and practice, in case you missed it. Global Oil Demand Global demand for oil may peak before 2020 and fall back to 2010 ...
Building More Roads Does Not Ease Congestion
Building More Roads Does Not Ease Congestion
Congestion is not an easy beast to tame for cities around the world. Building more roads and increasing the capacity of public transport does little to improve congestion, according to new research conducted in American cities and published by economists ...
Women at Higher Risk of Injury in Car Crashes
Women at Higher Risk of Injury in Car Crashes
According to a new study by the American Journal of Public Health, women are at a greater risk of injury or death in car crashes because of inadequate safety design in motor vehicles. Because women are, on average, shorter, lighter, ...
TheCityFix Picks, November 4: Ecobici Expansion, Olympic Park Design Contest, Korean Hybrids
TheCityFix Picks, November 4: Ecobici Expansion, Olympic Park Design Contest, Korean Hybrids
Welcome back to TheCityFix Picks, our series highlighting the newsy and noteworthy of the past week. Each Friday, we’ll run down the headlines falling under TheCityFix’s five themes: integrated transport, urban development and accessibility, air quality and climate change, health and ...
Apply Now for the Bloomberg Innovation Delivery Fellowship
Apply Now for the Bloomberg Innovation Delivery Fellowship
Bloomberg Philanthropies is investing $24 million over three years to enable five cities—Atlanta, Ga.; Chicago, Ill.; Louisville, Ky.; Memphis, Tenn.; and New Orleans, La.—to recruit and hire top tier talent to staff their teams. As part of this investment, the ...
Friday Fun: Bicycle Parts Inspire Figurative Sculptures
Friday Fun: Bicycle Parts Inspire Figurative Sculptures
Yeong-Deok Seo, an environmental sculptor based in Seoul, Korea, created human figures using bicycle chains. Tcheon-Nahm Park, a curator at the Sungkok Art Museum where Seo exhibited his work, describes the artist’s message as a satire depicting the social reality ...
Senate Approves Federal Funding for Commuter Rail Tunnel Between NY and NJ
Senate Approves Federal Funding for Commuter Rail Tunnel Between NY and NJ
Yesterday, the U.S. Senate approved a funding measure that includes a minimum of $15 million for Amtrak to begin design and engineering measures on a proposed railroad tunnel project to connect New Jersey and New York. The Gateway Tunnel project, ...